Tag: Senator Ted Kennedy

Part One: “The New Day is not something that’s going to happen, the New Day is happening right now”…

[hupso_hide][hupso title="Extreme Makeover of the Florida tomato industry, Part One..." url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=19054"]   Since 2010, a metamorphosis has been underway in the Florida tomato industry, while in Mexico the industry's counterpart has only sunk deeper into a morass of violence, corruption, poverty, and exploitation... The quotation at the top of this post came from the Rev. Roy Terry of the United >> Read More
US SENATE HEARING INTO FARMWORKER EXPLOITATION IN FLORIDA TOMATO FIELDS (photos by Fritz Myer)

US SENATE HEARING INTO FARMWORKER EXPLOITATION IN FLORIDA TOMATO FIELDS (photos by Fritz Myer)

US SENATE HEARING INTO FARMWORKER EXPLOITATION IN FLORIDA TOMATO FIELDS (photos by Fritz Myer) Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee April 15, 2008 click here for a full media round-up from the hearing The historic hearing in the US Senate -- the first ever specifically called to look into labor conditions in Florida's fields, the nation's largest producer of >> Read More